A few weeks after Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, alt-right luminary Richard Spencer delivered a celebratory address at the National Policy Institute’s annual conference in Washington, D.C. “Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory!” Spencer chanted to rousing…
Like Sweeney Todd with a straight razor, Twitter has begun slashing the accounts of far-right extremists, enacting a new set of anti-hate speech protocols and inspiring the hashtag #TwitterPurge. As part of the new regime, the San Francisco-based social media…
Attempting to squelch the free-speech rights of others can prove disastrous. Just ask the City of Charlottesville, Virginia. A 207-page independent report, commissioned by the Charlottesville City Council and completed on November 24, reveals the march of folly that preceded…
